Jacob deGrom vs. Eric Gagne — Career Comparison

Jacob deGrom
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star
Eric Gagne
Gen XCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jacob deGrom built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Gagne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jacob deGrom led in run prevention (ERA+ 139 vs 112), home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 111), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 111). Role difference aside, Jacob deGrom holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jacob deGrom and Eric Gagne

Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
1.45
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
5.62
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.67
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.38
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.36
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.63
59.63
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.93
55.93
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
2.61
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
2.57
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
3.47
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.219
0.219
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1931
27
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
643.2
9
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
6.86
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
7.24
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.85
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.06
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
2.02
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
3.16
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1851
10.82
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
718
10.04
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.82
10.82
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6045
35.34
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2664
37.25
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
3.76
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
2.79
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
3.75
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.34
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.21
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.51
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.986
0.986
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.156
1.156
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5607
32.78
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2366
33.08
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.34
35.34
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Jacob deGrom and Eric Gagne

Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
1.45
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
5.62
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.67
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1931
27
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
643.2
9
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.73
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.53
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.99
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.89
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.75
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.44
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.72
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.43
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.33
98.33
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.03
99.03
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jacob deGrom and Eric Gagne

Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
260
368.79
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
402
2436.36
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
600
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
99
600
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
383
543.26
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
86
521.21
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.64
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
12
72.73
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
93.62
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
8
48.48
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.77
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.12
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.26
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.02
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.24
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.99
31.19
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
2.98
18.04
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
136.17
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
19
115.15
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
134.75
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
13
78.79
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30.3
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
41.13
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18.18
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
75.18
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
7
42.42
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.73
30.82
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
2.85
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
24.11
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.06
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
116
164.54
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
151.52
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
3.65
3.65
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.96
3.96
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
32.62
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
72.73
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.35
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
12.12
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0